Looking Back

Published 11:15 pm, Sunday, August 28, 2016

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1916: A horse from the Nelson farm near Chatham was found standing almost up to his ears in slime in a cess pit after being stuck there for 11 days. Upon rescue, it appeared he was none the worse for wear. Meanwhile, another horse fell into a well in Ghent, but head first, and died almost instantly.

1966:Times Union staff writer Bill Kennedy reported about the protests and defenses that had arisen over the critical shortage of housing and the newly announced high-rise project in the South Mall. F. Joseph Leone, head of the city's department of urban redevelopment, said, "We have to find unique ways to solve it and we have to look to the federal government for some help," and Albany architect Carl Baumann said the problem was largely due to a government action and the absence of urban renewal.

1991: Continuing stepped-up efforts to monitor qualifications of workers who had replaced striking Greyhound drivers, the state Department of Transportation conducted inspections at bus terminals in four upstate New York cities. The inspections — which had been promised last week — followed accumulating reports of bus accidents caused at least in part by errors by Greyhound's replacement drivers. 39 drivers in Albany, Binghamton, Buffalo and Syracuse had their logbooks, medical certificates and driver's licenses reviewed. Inspectors found just one technical violation from a driver in Buffalo.